stackyFACTSUnder the immense, soul-crushing pressure of the Watergate scandal, Nixon's grip on reality completely evaporated.
Under the immense, soul-crushing pressure of the Watergate scandal, Nixon's grip on reality completely evaporated. Wandering the halls of the White House late at night, a heavily drinking Nixon began having deep, one-sided conversations with the portraits of deceased presidents. He specifically asked Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy for strategic advice on handling his political ruin, though presumably, they had no comment.
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